Cheng Bi smiled: "Mr. Song said this, why did I become a middle-aged man? I just make a match."

The middle-aged man is not a casual call. According to the rules, the middle-aged man should draw one percent from it. At the beginning, Cheng Bi looked down on hundreds of taels of silver, and Song Ye was also happy to take the money that was within his reach. It was difficult to restrain Cheng Bi at this time.

The atmosphere was temporarily depressed and no one dared to speak. At this time, two young men with a treacherous head walked in and said a few words in Song Ye's ear. Song Ye stood up and said angrily: "Li Mingxun, since you are here to negotiate, why are you buying a large amount of food on the market?"

Cheng Bi's face changed slightly. According to the rules, this was really unreasonable. Cheng Bi asked with a huge face: "Shopkeeper Li, why is this?"

Li Mingxun sighed and said with a timid look, "Mr. Song, Manager Cheng, what you sell me is grain. Grain. The villain is just a merchant, without power or power. How dare you touch such a transaction at will? If you can do it, you will not do it."

After hearing this, Song Ye thought that this guy couldn't take it, but he didn't dare to ask for it, but his face looked a little better. He asked: "What Shopkeeper Li said is that grain is also grain. The Ming Dynasty has been in the founding of the country for more than 200 years. From the year of Yongle to now, I have been working for two hundred years. With my family's support, how can there be any trouble?"

"That's right, Lord Song has been doing this business smoothly for several generations. It seems that he doesn't know much about it when he comes to Jiangnan when he comes to Jiangnan." Cheng Bi also said to Xi Ni.

Li Mingxun lowered his head and kept silent. Song Ye leaned over and said warmly: "Shopkeeper Li, tell me the truth. You can't eat this batch of grain, nor do you not spend money on it. You dare not eat it, right?"

"It's really a bit difficult. Moreover, 35,000 stones are too much. The plan is 63,000 taels. Lord Song, I am a businessman. If I draw too much working capital, there will be a few ships to the South China Sea next year. I really can't afford to lose." Li Mingxun is so difficult to say.

Song Ye smiled: "What you said is that although this is the official grain, it is also a transaction. After all, it is not a transaction. Otherwise, it would be impossible to negotiate a price. Otherwise, it would be a forced purchase and a few wealthy customers in Jiangnan. Don't worry, you have set a deal for the next year with me. You and me are not just a deal on this Beijing-Hangzhou Canal."

Cheng Bi also called out, saying, "Yes, business is business. Although Lord Song is the confidant of that person, he will not give Lord Song a penny more if he sells it expensively. To put it bluntly, Lord Song is just an errand runner. Manager Li is rich, but don't make things difficult for Lord Song. In the future, if you go to and from Jiangnan, you can save you a lot of worries with Lord Song."

"Yes, yes, Manager Li, let's teach a friend." Song Ye said with a grin with a smile on his face.

Li Mingxun then raised his head and said, "Okay, since you can guarantee that nothing will happen, I will say something openly. I will take 60,000 taels to eat this batch of food!"

Song Ye slapped his thigh: "Hell, 60,000 taels are 60,000 taels!"

Li Mingxun was not satisfied with one sentence, so he picked up the wine pot and asked Song Yeman, "Mr. Song, Mingxun doesn't know the depth of our Ming Dynasty, which makes you laugh at. But Mingxun thinks that no matter where you are, it's time to use money to do things. You are taking such a big errand for that adult, and you are taking such a big risk, will he not give one or two silver?"

Song Ye sighed and said, "Shopkeeper Li, don't look at our bright clothes, who knows the pain in this? Although it is not a single child, it is indeed less pitiful than the market transaction."

As he said this, Li Mingxun actually knew that it was not the case. For warehouse officials like Song Ye, the biggest reward is not money, but the trust of high-ranking officials. There are many ways to make money, and they don’t care about this time or twice.

Since the agreement was reached, everyone started to drink. After a few glasses of wine, Song Ye complained and complained repeatedly. Even as at the beginning, he still wanted to get some more benefits from Li Mingxun, but Li Mingxun didn't take this trick. When Song Ye began to call him brothers, Li Mingxun couldn't hide his face, so he gave Song Ye an idea.

"As Lord Song said just now, this food is eager to take action, it's okay to be more expensive and cheaper, and it doesn't interfere with Lord Song. Why can't you put some money from this price?" Li Mingxun looked at Song Ye with a blushing face and drunken eyes and said lightly.

Seeing Song Ye’s doubt, Li Mingxun said: “I am a businessman, so naturally the price can be lower. Let’s set the price at 60,000 taels. As for the final transaction price, you can plan with that adult, but I can guarantee that you will share the money you have with me for 50,000 taels.”

After hearing this, Song Ye burst into cold sweat in his forehead. When he came, Zhu Dadian did not fail to explain the price. If he was based on the reserve price, he could easily make more than 1,000 taels. This was not a small amount for him. Moreover, judging from Zhu Dadian's appearance, the price could not be reduced.

"Then it will take time." Song Ye said hesitantly after stuttering for a long time.

Li Mingxun didn't care. Anyway, it was already mid-December when the sand ship was built. There were still more than ten days to operate, and there was time for Song Ye to mediate.

"Mr. Song, I can't go to the warehouse to pick up the goods on December 16th. Isn't you let you do this during this period?" Li Mingxun said with a smile.

Song Ye nodded slightly and looked at Cheng Bi. Cheng Bi was holding a piece of foie gras and said casually: "I didn't expect that Zhenjiang has such delicious food, tsk, it's so good to cook."

"Okay, one word is certain!" Song Ye punched the table, as if he had made up his mind.

Two thousand taels of silver were hanging in the air, and Song Ye had no intention of drinking anymore and left quickly. Cheng Bi looked at the thin back and said, "This guy is really greedy for money and dares to make any money."

"So too, Brother Cheng didn't tell me?" Li Mingxun asked.

Cheng Bi shook his head slightly: "You are different from him. He is greedy and brave. People like Song Ye can pick up some leftovers in the cracks, and you can start a foundation."

Seeing that Li Mingxun was not up to the question, Cheng Bi reminded: "People like Song Ye are available but cannot be handed over. They are used to being shameless. If he can deceive Zhu Dadian, he will also deceive you in the future."

Li Mingxun smiled: "It depends on his virtues whether he cheats or not. If he cheats, he depends on his ability."

Jiangyin, the traveling shipyard.

Lin He sat at the desk, straightened his waist, twisted his neck slightly, and looked up and saw a large sand boat on the platform that had begun to assemble sail cables. The dullness in his heart relieved a lot.

Li Mingxun left Ah Hai and Lin He in Jiangyin and supervised the shipbuilding. Ah Hai was naturally the main thing, but he never thought that all the errands would fall on Lin He. Ah Hai often disappeared for several days. During this period, Lin He had to assist Qian Jin in purchasing ship materials, managing craftsmen, and helping the tea shop owner deal with the porridge. Now thousands of people eating porridge are gathered around the shipyard. The daily accounts are a big deal, and there are also people from the official side to come from time to time, and they are never tired of it.

Lin He was about to pour tea for himself, a young man in ragged clothes suddenly ran in. He looked up in annoyedly and wanted to drive him away, but he found that the person wearing ripped clothes was Ah Hai. Lin He was stunned: "Little shopkeeper, how did he look like this?"

Ah Hai didn't care. He took a piece of white paper and placed it in front of Lin He, saying, "I want to write a letter to the master. The content has been decided, and there are still more than a dozen words that I can't write. I said, you write it."

"Isn't it just for the villain to write for you?" Lin He said casually.

But Ah Hai knocked on the blank paper: "It's better for me to do it myself, and I can save my master from checking my homework."

He said casually, but Lin He heard it in his heart. When he thought that Ah Hai and several personal guards often disappeared, he thought that it must be Li Mingxun who gave him a secret task. After understanding it, Lin He simply did not inquire and wrote more than a dozen words according to what Ah Hai said.

Ah Hai took the paper and walked aside. He spent time writing seven or eight pages of paper. Then he sealed the paint and called for a guard and said, "You can go to Nanjing to hand it over to the shopkeeper. If you are not here, please ask the shopkeeper Xu Changxing to guide the shopkeeper's actions. Remember, you must hand it over to him personally, and you cannot pretend to others."

The guard focused his head, kept the letter in close proximity, and repeated Ah Hai's words word by word before leaving with the money.

"Manager Lin, has Dian Shi, who was surnamed Yan, been here again in the past few days?" Ahai, who had changed his clothes, asked.

"Oh, I came here twice, and I went to the workshop to check it out. I was still the same. I tried to check our details, but I was so surprised. This guy is just a small official who is not in the ranks and has recently taken office, so I don't have many tricks." Lin He said casually.

Ahai nodded slightly. Dianshi was indeed not of grade. He was just a miscellaneous officer under the county magistrate who was in charge of arrest and prison affairs. However, Ahai did not dare to underestimate that person. The first time he met, Dianshi defeated seven or eight refugees who were causing trouble in the porridge shed with one hand, and he was skilled in martial arts.

"The guy asked me why I was serving porridge. I said that according to the rules of my hometown, I would do good deeds in order to obtain protection from the Dragon King and Mazu. I also hired three or five Taoist priests and monks to do the same, so I could get rid of it." Lin He seemed very proud of his actions, and said something like offering treasures.

Ah Hai smiled: "It's better to deal with it carefully. The shopkeeper attaches great importance to these ships and should not make any mistakes. In addition, you have to urge Qian Jin to build a ship. The food matter has been negotiated, so you are waiting for the ship."

Zhenjiang.

Song Ye was busy all day long and was not stuck in the ground. He checked the grain and handed over the silver and money in the granary with Li Mingxun. Seeing the three silver shops and money shops checking the quality of the silver and ingots, rows of codes were inserted into the silver boxes, Song Ye's eyes were almost falling off, but he could not interfere with the 55,000 taels of silver. No matter the guards of the money shop who followed the silver box, they were Zhu Dadian's servants. The shrewd butler would not let him interfere.

But it doesn't matter, I can still divide it into two thousand five hundred taels! When Song Ye thought of this, he was so excited.

Just weighing and inspecting the silver and money, it took a whole day to seal the silver and save it to Cheng Bi, a middle-aged man. After Li Mingxun took away the food, he would take it away.

"Butler Zhu, it's dark, let's have a glass of water and wine together before going to rest." Li Mingxun greeted the butler who came to collect money from the Zhu family.

The housekeeper shook his head slightly: "Shopkeeper Li is joking. I am old and I don't have the energy of you young people anymore. Let Lord Song drink a few more drinks for me."

Li Mingxun didn't force himself to ask for it. After all, Zhu Dadian cooperated with him, and he was interested in his unclear origin and had cash. His housekeeper was unwilling to be involved too much, so he sent the housekeeper away.

At the door, Li Mingxun met the guard who came to deliver the letter. He opened Ah Hai's handwritten letter and read it carefully. His face turned very ugly. Although there were good news in the letter such as the progress of shipbuilding was faster than expected, the most important thing was bad news.

During this period, Ah Hai used his advantage of young age to play with the children of the craftsmen and inquire about the situation of each family. After secret investigation and analysis, Ah Hai concluded that if he recruited shipbuilders and their relatives to Taiwan when receiving the sand boat, perhaps only one-fifth of the people were willing to go, and most of them were unable to leave their hometowns and were unwilling to go to unknown places. More importantly, the owner of the shipyard and some prestigious craftsmen were still waiting for news from the court to build ships.

After reading the letter, Li Mingxun threw it into the stove aside, and whispered a few words to the guard. The guard found two people and went there.

When Song Ye entered the hall, he saw that Li Mingxun was the only one in the huge room, and asked, "Where is the shopkeeper Cheng?"

Li Mingxun said: "For today's matter, Manager Cheng should not be here."

As he said that, he opened a silver box on the table, revealing the white Songjiang Pingku silver. Song Ye had more silver in charge. He knew that the silver was of high quality and was not short, which was 2,500 taels. He was very happy, but he saw a silver box next to him, exactly the same as the one in front of him. When he opened it, he found that it was 2,500 taels inside.

Song Ye was so smart. After looking at the silver box, he thought of Li Mingxun taking Cheng Bi away. He immediately guessed Li Mingxun’s thoughts and said, “It seems that Manager Li wants to give me another chance to earn 2,500 taels.”

"Lord Song is an old man from the canal transportation yamen. He has contacts with many officials and merchants in Jiangnan. Mingxun wants to use Lord Song's relationship to do a small thing. If this matter is done, these two thousand five hundred taels will be yours." Li Mingxun said with a smile.

Song Ye couldn't help but glance at the silver box again and said, "Two thousand five hundred taels are not a trivial matter."

Li Mingxun nodded slightly, lowered his voice and told Song Ye what he wanted to do. The more Song Ye heard it, he became more and more scared. Finally, he said: "No, no, you have to know that the adults in the Cao Transport Department and the Ministry of Works are all smart. Even if they spend money to get it, they will not go to do such things. Manager Li, if this is a big deal, it will be a civil rebellion. Don't say that I am a small warehouse clerk, even the adult in my family can't stand it."

"What if I spend more money?" Li Mingxun asked.

Song Ye said: "Oh, this is not a matter of money. No matter how good the money is, you have to spend it. As long as those adults show up, they will definitely not be able to cover this matter."

Li Mingxun nodded slightly, unable to help but feel a little disappointed, but Song Ye couldn't bear the torture of money and said, "Shopkeeper Li, this matter is not impossible to operate, but it is not the hands of the big guys. There are a few old brothers here who believe it and can help. Moreover, those are all foolish people and witty wives. When they see the landlords' courtyard, they think they are people from the palace, so there is no need for big guys, just make some battles."

As he said that, he carefully planned it. Li Mingxun thought about it. Although it was a bit risky, it was not only twice the result with half the effort when it was done properly, but also without any trace and was good for all parties.

"Okay, let's do it like this. Lord Song, you have the full entrusted to you. Whether it is successful or not, you can collect these money first, and you will have to trouble you in the future." Li Mingxun said generously.
Chapter completed!